Consilium - Open Sessions

Open Sessions

The Council meets in public when deliberating or voting on legislative acts.

The Council's first deliberation on important non-legislative proposals are also public.

In addition, the Council regularly holds public debates on important issues affecting the interests of the Union and of its citizens.

The debate on the General Affairs Council's 18 month programme, as well as the priorities of the other Council's configurations, and the debate on the Commission's five-years programme, are public.

This page allows you to follow LIVE all Council sessions which are open to the public.

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3259th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
General Affairs

Brussels, 30 September 2013

Legislative deliberations

Issues Paper : Cohesion Policy legislative package [First reading]

3258th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space)

Brussels, 26 September 2013

Legislative deliberations

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/4/EC and 2000/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directives 2001/111/EC, 2001/113/EC and 2001/114/EC as regards the powers to be conferred on the Commission [First reading] (LA)
– Adoption of the legislative act

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Union Customs Code (recast) [First reading] (LA)
– Adoption of the legislative act

Proposals by the Commission to establish public-public partnerships with Member States under Article 185 TFEU for joint implementation of national research programmes (First reading)

(a) Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation of the Union in the Active and Assisted Living Research and Development Programme jointly undertaken by several Member States
Interinstitutional file: 2013/0233 (COD)

(b) Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation of the Union in a second European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Programme jointly undertaken by several Member States
Interinstitutional file: 2013/0243 (COD)

(c) Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation of the Union in a European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research jointly undertaken by several Member States
Interinstitutional file: 2013/0242 (COD)

(d) Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation of the Union in a Research and Development Programme jointly undertaken by several Member States aimed at supporting research performing small and medium-sized enterprises
Interinstitutional file: 2013/0232 (COD)

Provisional agendas for Council meetings